Buggy code:
public class Converter { public static Object convert ( Object value , Class toType ) { if ( value == null ) { value = "" ; } else if ( toType . isAssignableFrom ( value . getClass ( ) ) ) { return value ; } else if ( ( toType . equals ( float . class ) ) || ( toType . equals ( Float . class ) ) ) { return new Float ( Converter . getFloat ( value ) ) ; } else if ( ( toType . equals ( double . class ) ) || ( toType . equals ( Double . class ) ) ) { return new Double ( Converter . getDouble ( value ) ) ; } else if ( toType . equals ( String . class ) ) { return Converter . getString ( value ) ; } else if ( ( toType . equals ( int . class ) ) || ( toType . equals ( Integer . class ) ) ) { return new Integer ( Converter . getInt ( value ) ) ; } else if ( ( toType . equals ( char . class ) ) || ( toType . equals ( Character . class ) ) ) { return new Character ( Converter . getChar ( value ) ) ; } else if ( ( toType . equals ( long . class ) ) || ( toType . equals ( Long . class ) ) ) { return new Long ( Converter . getLong ( value ) ) ; } else if ( ( toType . equals ( boolean . class ) ) || ( toType . equals ( Boolean . class ) ) ) { <START_BUG> return JOrphanUtils . valueOf ( Converter . getBoolean ( value ) ) ; <END_BUG> } else if ( toType . equals ( Date . class ) ) { return Converter . getDate ( value ) ; } else if ( toType . equals ( Calendar . class ) ) { return Converter . getCalendar ( value ) ; } else if ( toType . equals ( Class . class ) ) { try { return Class . forName ( value . toString ( ) ) ; } catch ( Exception e ) { } } return value ; } public static Calendar getCalendar ( Object date , Calendar defaultValue ) { } public static Calendar getCalendar ( Object o ) { } public static Date getDate ( Object date ) { } public static String urlEncode ( Object toEncode ) { } public static Date getDate ( Object date , Date defaultValue ) { } public String formatNumber ( float num , String pattern ) { } public static float getFloat ( Object o , float defaultValue ) { } public static float getFloat ( Object o ) { } public static double getDouble ( Object o , double defaultValue ) { } public static double getDouble ( Object o ) { } public static boolean getBoolean ( Object o ) { } public static boolean getBoolean ( Object o , boolean defaultValue ) { } public static int getInt ( Object o , int defaultValue ) { } public static char getChar ( Object o ) { } public static char getChar ( Object o , char defaultValue ) { } public static int getInt ( Object o ) { } public static long getLong ( Object o , long defaultValue ) { } public static long getLong ( Object o ) { } public static String formatDate ( Date date , String pattern ) { } public static String formatDate ( java . sql . Date date , String pattern ) { } public static String formatDate ( String date , String pattern ) { } public static String formatDate ( Calendar date , String pattern ) { } public static String formatCalendar ( Calendar date , String pattern ) { } public static String getString ( Object o , String defaultValue ) { } public static String insertLineBreaks ( String v , String insertion ) { } public static String getString ( Object o ) { } }

Fix:
return Boolean . valueOf ( Converter . getBoolean ( value ) ) ;